Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-14
ALAS! IT'S TOO TRUE.
berry a Faet---How She Received the
Money and How She Lost it.

The story Of Miss Hartnagle's Rob.
berry Faet---How she Received the
Money and How She Lost il.
The ARGUS of last evening copied tte
following from the Chicago Tribune, al
luding to it as probably case of mistsk
en- identity:
| On the Sth inst, Miss Rosalia Hartna
gle. of Rock Island, left that city fol
Palmyra, Mo, with $4,000 in currency
She was robbed Of, or lost the entire
amount, which was done up in MANILA
paper. while en- route. She says she met
real estate agent in Davenport month
ago, named F. c. Roth, and told him
that she bad large sum of money to in
vest in good interest paying mortgages.
He said he would find them for her A
| few days ago she received letter from
him telling her to come to Palmyra, Mo,
aud bring the money in cash, and to come
at once, as he could not stay long She
| obeyed, and now she finds that no such
person was or is in Palmyra. She is a
hardworking, unsophisticated girl. The
money was legacy.
1t has since been learned upon investi,
CATION, however, that the Tribune OBJ
tanned its account from its Quincy cor>
| respondent. and that the statements con-
tanned therein are facts. The lady re-
sides at 1923 Sixth avenue, this city, and
an ARGUS representative called there this
morning, and while Miss Hsrtnagle her
self was not at home, the reporter
learned the particulars of the affair to be
just as given in the above extract.
The case is peculiar one and when
all the attending circumstances are taken
into consideration it becomes the more
interesting. Miss Hartnagle is the
daughter of small farmer out on
Rock river and for some time she has
been running dressmaking establish
ment at the place before mentioned. A
little over year ago Miss Hartnagle's
father decided her the larger portion of a
piece of property in the suburbs of St.
Paul. The property when purchased
could be had for less than 500, but when
the boom struck the northern metropolis,
it went up in value, until when Mr. J L.
Haas, the lawyer. went up there to dis
pose of it for her. he got S12, 900 out of
1t. There were several claims to settle
and certain amount had to be paid to
other children in Minnesota, but at any
rate Miss Hartnagle's share was $500.
Of lhIs amount Mr. Haas brought 81, 900
home with him and secured the remainder
by mortgage. Since then, however. Miss
H. has received the remaining SO, 500
A few weeks ago she was in DaVen-
port. and in a street Car made the ac>
yuaintance Of u stranger whom she soon
learned was a real estate dealer. To him
she mentioned iDcidently the fact that she
had considerable money to invest and he
giving bis name as F. C. Roth. said he
could find plenty of good paying invests
ments for the am tunt. The stranger took
Miss Hartnagle's n4me, and on last Wed
nesday night she received the letter
spoken OF i'll the dispatch TO the Tribune.
telling her to come to Palmyra immedi.
ately and to bring the cash with her. She
left early the next CAST Thursday )morning
When she reached Palmyra she discov-
cred that her money-the 81 900 which
she had taken in currency-was gone.
She had been robbed on the way. She
put the matter in the hands of the police
OF. Quincy, which is the nearest town of
any Importance, and thus the facts be-
came communicated to the Chicago pa
pers.
Miss Hartnagle, of course, did not
meet her new found aud obliging
friend" in Palmyra He or some of his
acCompliCes had doubtless met her on the
train nevertheless, without her knowledge
She has been the victim of "a bold and
rascally plot. she is a neice of Mr. John
Albrecht, but to him nor to her father
nor any of her friends or relatives had she
said word concerning her transac>
tions with Roth until she came home
broke" 1t is to be regretted that such
a daring trick should be successfully
praCticed on anyone.